Best places: Historic sites in Mountain View

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Battery Spencer
Observation deck
Fort Baker 19th-century concrete battery featuring panoramic views of Golden Gate & San Francisco.
4.80 (3.7K reviews) (~60.07 km from centre)
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USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum
History museum
Aircraft carrier that participated in WWII & the Apollo 11 recovery mission now a museum with tours.
4.80 (3K reviews) (~46.79 km from centre)
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Alcatraz Island
Historical place
Notorious prison & once home to Al Capone, now a museum with an audio tour, accessible by ferry.
4.70 (38.7K reviews) (~57.12 km from centre)
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Fort Point National Historic Site
Historical place
Fort from the Civil War era located under the Golden Gate Bridge offering cannon drills & tours.
4.70 (3.1K reviews) (~58.29 km from centre)
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John Muir National Historic Site
Historical place
A 2.4-mile hiking trail loop that begins near the John Muir house, with scenic mountain views.
4.70 (771 reviews) (~67.16 km from centre)
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Fort Ord National Monument
Hiking area
Home to 35 species of rare flora & fauna, this undeveloped wildland offers over 80 miles of trails.
4.70 (687 reviews) (~95.2 km from centre)
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Historical place
Expansive complex featuring a museum, interactive displays & ships telling the story of sea travel.
4.60 (4.8K reviews) (~55.24 km from centre)
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Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park
National reserve
Visitor center focused on women & men on the WWII home front, plus the Rosie the Riveter Memorial.
4.60 (2.5K reviews) (~62.68 km from centre)
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Fort Cronkhite
Historical place
Former World War II military base with preserved barracks, mess halls & artifacts, plus trails.
4.70 (395 reviews) (~63.33 km from centre)
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Winchester Mystery House
Historical place museum
Sprawling landmark with a staircase leading nowhere & other odd features designed to confuse ghosts.
4.50 (13.9K reviews) (~14.1 km from centre)
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Historical place
👍👍 Really awesome venue for a car show. Interesting placements of cars. I did find a 9MM bullet on the way in but it hadn’t been shot yet so probably fine.
4.50 (1.1K reviews) (~79.88 km from centre)
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Battery Godfrey
Historical landmark
Ruins of this 1895 battery, once housing 3 large guns, remain a landmark on the Coastal Trail.
4.70 (187 reviews) (~57.71 km from centre)
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Battery Townsley
Historical place
4.80 (144 reviews) (~64.09 km from centre)
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Battery Mendell
Historical place
4.70 (168 reviews) (~62.23 km from centre)
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New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum
Museum
👍👍 Friendly, well informed guide. Beautiful drive past farms and forests enroute. Pretty house (named Casa Grande), well thought out and executed exhibits with plenty to see, hear, read about how quick silver was mined, used, and affected the people involved. Historic, scientific, and social storie...
4.70 (162 reviews) (~33.09 km from centre)
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Phelan Building
Historical place
👍👍 It’s like the Daily Bugle of SF.
4.50 (294 reviews) (~52.51 km from centre)
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Falkirk Cultural Center
Cultural center
4.60 (133 reviews) (~76.24 km from centre)
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Russian Hill-Macondray Lane Historic District
Historical place
👍👍 A hidden little walkway, accessible by wooden steps at one end, this is a delightful spot to pass through. It also has history, having inspired the famous Barbary Lane from Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. Well worth a visit ( not far from the cable car - take the Powell-Mason).
4.60 (121 reviews) (~54.12 km from centre)
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Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
Historical place
👍👍 You have to call ahead and set a reservation for this NHS (there are gates closing off the house's property and no way to enter the house anyway) but it's totally worth it. We so enjoyed our (essentially private) tour with Ms. Joy this week around the Eugene O'Neill NHS. The NPS bus picks you up in...
4.70 (90 reviews) (~48.8 km from centre)
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Fort Miley
Historical place
Former Army reservation with a VA hospital, picnic areas & panoramic ruins of gun batteries.
4.70 (79 reviews) (~57.51 km from centre)
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